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Mihály Csokonai

1773 - 1805

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Mihály Csokonai (full name Mihály Csokonai Vitéz; in Hungarian Csokonai Mihály or Csokonai Vitéz Mihály) (Hungarian: [ˈt͡ʃokonɒi ˈviteːz ˈmihaːj]) (17 November 1773 – 28 January 1805) was a Hungarian poet, a leading figure in the Hungarian literary revival of the Enlightenment. Having been educated in Debrecen, where he was born, Csokonai was appointed while still very young to the professorship of poetry there. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mihály Csokonai has received more than 18,908 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Mihály Csokonai is the 4,543rd most popular writer (down from 4,417th in 2019), the 494th most popular biography from Hungary (down from 465th in 2019) and the 52nd most popular Hungarian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Mihály Csokonai ranks 4,543 out of 7,302. Before him are Gamal El-Ghitani, Jovan Rajić, Eliška Krásnohorská, Russell Kirk, Źmitrok Biadula, and Wilhelm Geiger. After him are René Guillot, Sandra Brown, David Mamet, Can Xue, Kamala Surayya, and Ernst Stadler.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1773, Mihály Csokonai ranks 45. Before him are Jacob Aall, Agostino Bassi, Johann Karl Burckhardt, Josef August Schultes, Thomas Horsfield, and François Fournier-Sarlovèze. After him are Caspar Georg Carl Reinwardt, Joseph Woelfl, José Rondeau, Mihály Pollack, Cassandra Austen, and Princess Sophia of Gloucester. Among people deceased in 1805, Mihály Csokonai ranks 26. Before him are Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée, William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne, Ji Yun, Manuel Maria Barbosa du Bocage, Geneviève Thiroux d'Arconville, and John Robison. After him are Thomas Wedgwood, and Prince William Henry, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Mihály Csokonai ranks 494 out of 1,077. Before him are Gyula Illyés (1902), Sándor Mátrai (1932), László Szollás (1907), Mari Törőcsik (1935), Emeric Pressburger (1902), and Andreas Alföldi (1895). After him are Gyula Lázár (1911), Attila Petschauer (1904), Andre DeToth (1913), János Simor (1813), Ferenc Csik (1913), and Peter Carl Goldmark (1906).

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Among WRITERS In Hungary

Among writers born in Hungary, Mihály Csokonai ranks 52. Before him are Ferenc Fejtő (1909), Yuriy Venelin (1802), Edith Bruck (1931), Sándor Weöres (1913), Kató Lomb (1909), and Gyula Illyés (1902). After him are Jenő Rejtő (1905), Ferenc Karinthy (1921), József Katona (1791), István Fekete (1900), Károly Kisfaludy (1788), and Júlia Szendrey (1828).

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